ARCC Sermons

God utilizes waiting to produce a very specific kind of man (woman). The man or woman who fears the Lord above all else is what God desires. It is what we should desire as well.

So many of us lose heart because we don’t understand what it means to wait upon the Lord. In this Psalm we will focus on what “waiting on the Lord” looks like and what it is meant to produce. Take heart. If you have come to the end of yourself you might just be at the beginning!

We all understand the concept of trying to ascend a sacred and holy Hill. We also know what it feels like to feel unworthy and incapable. Psalm 24 essentially explores the two possible ways of handling this reality.

What brings a person to the place where they genuinely believe that goodness and mercy would follow them for all their days? There is no replacement for the time spent being shepherded by Jesus.

Psalm 22 is one of the most explicit descriptions of the crucifixion of Jesus. It is one that Charles Spurgeon would call “The Psalm of the Cross.” Not only did Jesus perfectly fulfill this prophetic text, he also gives us a glimpse into what he was feeling and thinking as he took on the sins of the world in the midst of being forsaken by the Father…ultimately for our good and His glory.

On one level Psalm 21 is the response to God answering the prayer of Psalm 20. If the King is truly and ultimately Jesus then we have a genuine perspective on life given the redemption that He would eventually bring to the world.

The soul care of prayer. When praying for others benefits you and results in the glory of God.

If the Law of Moses only had a shadow of good things, then what has the true form? If sins weren’t removed by the blood of bulls and goats, what were they removed by? If God didn’t take pleasure in sacrifices and offerings, what does he take pleasure in?

Waiting is not as much of a call to action as it is a call to a particular posture of life. This week we will spend time considering the posture of one who is eagerly waiting for His triumphant return.

The blood, and all that surrounds it, forces us to think deeply about what was needed and what was accomplished at the cross. In this sermon we will consider the implications of the reality that forgiveness isn’t the purpose but only the necessary means to the Father’s plan.